As befits its £1,699 price tag, the Garmin Marq Captain arrived in a hefty steel presentation case with a magnetic seal that eased open like the lid of a sarcophagus…
£1,699.00
Gear
Gill OS1 Ocean Jacket review
I’ve been using Gill’s previous OS1 kit for several years, covering tens of thousands of miles with it, so was naturally curious when a new Gill OS1 Ocean Jacket was…
£545.00
Standard Horizon HX890 handheld VHF marine radio review
Standard Horizon HX890E VHF handheld marine radio Best joint overall handheld VHF marine radio The Standard Horizon HX890 handheld VHF is a feature-rich, top spec handheld marine radio, with impressive…
Standard Horizon HX210 handheld VHF marine radio reviewed
Standard Horizon HX210 Standard Horizon HX210 handheld VHF rival to the Icom 25E offers us a great alternative handheld radio at a good price vs weight vs battery life…
Icom IC37 Handheld VHF Marine Radio Review
Icom M37E handheld VHF radio Best joint overall handheld VHF marine radio This Icom IC37 Handheld VHF Marine Radio unit is a real workhorse. Designed for both leisure and the…
Icom M94DE VHF Marine Radio review
ICOM IC-M94 VHF RADIO MARINE TRANSCEIVER WITH DSC & AIS RECEIVER First ever handheld VHF with built in AIS The Icom M94DE VHF Marine Radio is the flagship model…
Cobra HH500 VHF Marine Radio – tested
Cobra HH500 VHF Marine Radio Best VHF marine radio for bluetooth mobile phone connectivity The Cobra HH500 VHF marine radio has been used as a backup to the main…
ACR Bivy stick satellite messenger review
ACR Bivy stick satellite messenger Best messenger and tracker to retain same phone number The Bivy Stick satellite messenger and Bivy App from ACR transforms your smartphone into a satellite…
Revolve roll-up emergency vhf antenna
The Revolve roll-up emergency vhf antenna seems like such a simple solution that when you see it, you wonder why it hasn’t been done already. A roll up material that…
Sevylor Madison 2 Person Inflatable Kayak review
The floor is inflated too and this gives the kayak a certain degree of rigidity. The two seats are inflatable and are quite comfy, you can adjust the pressure to…
£350.00
Spinnaker Haas Automatic Watch Review
The Spinnaker Hass Automatic watch brings all the joy of a traditional analogue timepiece. If you want to ditch the computers and keep it simple then this is definitely worth…
£450.00
Forclaz HL500 Head Torch Review – Gear Test
Forclaz HL500 USB Buy Forclaz HL500 from Decathlon This budget friendly Forclaz HL500 is remarkably robust and simple to use. It has an easy to navigate light cycle using a…
£19.99
Exposure Lights Raw Pro Head Torch Review – tested gear
Exposure Lights Raw Pro Head Torch Buy USE Raw Pro from Tweeks Exposure Lights Raw Pro Head Torch Review The premium priced Exposure lights Raw Pro is more than double…
£120.00
LedLenser MH5 head torch review – tested gear
Ledlenser MH5 On full beam focused, the Led Lenser was able to easily illuminate a small target at 25m and far beyond it. The LedLenser MH5 is a really practical…
£50.00
Petzl Tikka 300 lumen head torch review – tested gear
Petzl Tikka 300 lumen head torch Buy now from Wiggle The Petzl Tikka is a lightweight but pretty powerful head torch. It easily illuminated a small target at 25m and…
£29.99
Ultimate Ears Megaboom 2 review: waterproof bluetooth speaker tested
This is my review for the Ultimate Ears Megaboom 2 waterproof bluetooth speaker, but first let’s get go all Scooby Do and have a little flash back to how things…
£125.00
Garmin Quatix 7 smartwatch test and review
Garmin Quatix 7 The Garmin Quatix 7 smartwatch, the latest version of this popular sailors watch includes improvements to strengthen integration with onboard boating electronics. It’s now been equipped with…
£599.00
First look: TEMO 1000 electric outboard
Electric propulsion has allowed innovative companies – usually small start ups – to experiment with novel form factors, many of which have clear advantages over that of a conventional internal…
£2,300.00
Tested: SailProof android tablet
I’ve long thought that ruggedised Android tablets represent a threat to traditional marine MFD and instrument displays. They can be used very flexibly, either running a wide variety of apps,…
Aceleron Essential: recyclable lithium batteries you can repair
We are increasingly turning to lithium-ion phosphate batteries to power our boats’ systems. Yet despite their many advantages they can also be associated with a number of potential problems that…